Re: E30..it stops..it goes..it stops

[Otter <kdsebe0@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>It began on Friday when the car refused to start part way through the day
>(fine first thing that morning). A quick examination showed no spark at the
>plug but the engine turned over fine. Not having spare time I left it until
>the evening when the spark was there and it ran well. Thinking that maybe
>there was a bad connection on the coil which had been fixed by the
>disturbance I undid and cleaned the terminals. First mistake - I should have
>known that electrical problems don't just go away as simply as that. 
>
>Everything ran OK until today (Tuesday) when the car cut out after about 150
>miles driving, same problem - no spark. After a couple of hours just as it
>was about to be loaded on a flatbed it started, ran for 8 miles then stopped
>again. So it finished its journey on the flatbed and left me scratching my
head.

Sounds like a main relay going bad!  You might check this, since this has
been the cause of all _intermittent_ no spark problems I've ever seen.

Kenn Sebesta
http://www.euromajic.com

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